Australian monthly night sky guides
Free monthly Australian night sky mp3 audio guides, produced by Sydney Observatory. Published at the beginning of each month, usually around 20 minutes long, and including information about what you are likely to be able to see in that month's Australian night sky, including constellations, stars, the Sun, Moon, planets, astronomy, telescopes and astronomical mythology.
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 132
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2020
November 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Hello and welcome to the Night Sky for November 2018, my name is Melissa Hulbert and I'm the Astronomy Programs Coordinator at Sydney Observatory. Before we start our Night Sky Tour make sure you dow…
00:18:17 |
Wed 31 Oct 2018
October 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Hello and welcome to the Night Sky for October 2018, this is Andrew Jacob and I'm the curator at Sydney Observatory, part of Sydney's Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. Come on a tour of the night …
00:30:43 |
Sun 30 Sep 2018
September 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Hello there. I’m Geoffrey Wyatt, one of the team here at Sydney Observatory, part of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. I’m going to talk to you about what’s visible in the sky for the month of…
00:27:11 |
Fri 31 Aug 2018
August 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Hello and welcome to the night sky guide for August. My name is Melissa Hulbert and I’m the Astronomy Programs Coordinator at Sydney Observatory. Armed with your sky map and a small torch with some r…
00:17:04 |
Tue 31 Jul 2018
July 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Let us begin our tour of the night sky by looking towards the south. If you’re facing south in the early evening and you look high in the sky, 60 degrees or 3 hand-spans up from the horizon, you shou…
00:35:25 |
Sat 30 Jun 2018
June 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
In the June sky guide I’m going to be talking to you about what’s in the sky for the month of Junius, the fourth month of the old Roman calendar as created by Romulus around 735 BC. After Julius Caes…
00:33:44 |
Thu 31 May 2018
May 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
In the May sky guide, as well as showing us where to find the constellations Orion, Scorpius, Centaurus and Crux, and the star clusters, the Jewel Box, M6 and M7, Melissa tells us the best times to s…
00:14:52 |
Mon 30 Apr 2018
March 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
March, named in honour of the Roman god of war, Mars. We're going to start our tour of the night sky by looking west shortly after sunset. When I say, 'shortly after sunset', you do need some time fo…
00:41:54 |
Wed 28 Feb 2018
February 2018 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
This month's guide is presented by Melissa Hulbert, Sydney Observatory's Astronomy Programs Coordinator.
In the February sky guide, as well as showing us where to find the constellations Pegasus, Ori…
00:11:29 |
Wed 31 Jan 2018
December 2017 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
'For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky' as said by Antoine de Saint-Exupery from The Little Prince. That you are here listening …
00:36:13 |
Thu 30 Nov 2017
November 2017 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
In the November sky guide, as well as showing us where to find the constellations Pegasus, Orion and Taurus, and the star clusters, Hyades and Pleiades, Melissa tells us the best times to see the pla…
00:16:30 |
Tue 31 Oct 2017
October 2017 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
This month, learn how to find the South Celestial Pole, and where to find stars and constellations including Crux (the Southern Cross) and the Pointer stars, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, th…
00:27:33 |
Tue 03 Oct 2017
September 2017 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Hello there. I'm Geoffrey Wyatt, one of the team here at Sydney Observatory, part of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. I'm going to talk to you about what's visible in the sky for the month of…
00:25:12 |
Thu 31 Aug 2017
August 2017 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Mel suggests stars and constellations to look out for this month include Scorpius, with the red star at its heart, Antares; Sagittarius, which looks more like a teapot than a centaur; Crux, more comm…
00:22:40 |
Mon 31 Jul 2017
July 2017 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
This month, learn how to find the winter constellations. Take the sting out of cold winter nights by identifying the Scorpion in the sky and searching for star clusters in the Milky Way. Watch the da…
00:25:10 |
Tue 04 Jul 2017
June 2017 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
In my opinion, the month of June each year is the best time of the year to go outside, as long as it's clear and you are warm, to look up and enjoy the view of the Milky Way as the bright centre arou…
00:43:11 |
Wed 31 May 2017
March 2017 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Did you know that March, or Martius used to be the first month of the year according to the old Roman calendar as formulated by Romulus around 753BCE.
00:40:03 |
Tue 28 Feb 2017
December 2016 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Learn about the southern night sky with our monthly guide and star map.
00:33:59 |
Tue 29 Nov 2016
September 2016 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Learn about the southern night sky with our monthly guide and star map.
00:30:42 |
Tue 04 Oct 2016
October 2016 night sky guide for the Southern Hemisphere
Learn about the southern night sky with our monthly guide and star map.
00:27:38 |
Tue 04 Oct 2016
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